Mel Weinberg, 93, the F.B.I.’s Lure in the Abscam Sting, Dies

Mel Weinberg, 93, the F.B.I.’s Lure in the Abscam Sting, Dies
A swindler facing jail, Mr. Weinberg helped snare politicians in the biggest corruption scandal of the 1970s, a case dramatized in “American Hustle.”